An interview with Marcos Galperin, the CEO of MercadoLibre, which has a $105B market cap, on deciding to resign, MercadoLibre's rivalry with Amazon, and more
Bloomberg : LinkedIn: Brad Stone and Patrick Gillespie LinkedIn: Brad Stone : Is there anyone more directly responsible for the economic transformation of Latin America than Marcos Galperin, founder ...
Sources: Amazon is hiring Microsoft's former CPO Panos Panay to run the Alexa and Echo unit; longtime hardware chief Dave Limp said in August he is retiring
it's a little hard to imagine Surface, especially, without Panos Panay. I was also unaware that Charles Simonyi was still involved with Microsoft. https://www.theverge.com/... X: Patrick Moorhead / @...
How a seminal 2017 paper by Google researchers laid the groundwork for the 2020s AI boom, causing a Silicon Valley frenzy not seen since the 1990s dot-com fever
it's chock full of historical perspective and excellent details RE the last several months of crazy— by @BradStone. https://twitter.com/... @scale_ai : “There are a lot of AI tourists pretending to be...
How a seminal 2017 paper by Google researchers laid the groundwork for the AI hype cycle, resulting in a Silicon Valley frenzy not seen since the dot-com boom
In late May, 300 entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, journalists and assorted self-described thought leaders crammed into Shack15 … LinkedIn: Peter Leyden . Tweets: @business , @iporollo , @bw , @dina...
A profile of Unity CEO John Riccitiello, as he faces criticism for the company's targeted ads, his metaverse ambitions, years of dating the head of HR, and more
Bloomberg : Tweets: @scobleizer , @tedbrownxr , @scobleizer , @tedbrownxr , @molleindustria , @epro , @iamstacetheace , @bradstone , @jasonschreier , @josheidelson , @austincarr , @eric_seufert , @fi...
Sequoia's 14,000-word SBF profile by journalist Adam Fischer was mishandled and, since being deleted, has served no purpose other than to embarrass the firm
A now-infamous profile of the fallen FTX founder illustrates the predictable dangers of corporate content creation. But first... Tweets: @ericnewcomer , @ashleevance , @shonaghosh , @ericjang11 , and...
A look at delivery startup Gopuff's rise, reaching 165 warehouses covering 600 US cities by 2020 and a $15B valuation by 2021, and fall, as pandemic trends fade
Bloomberg : Tweets: @modestproposal1 , @carnage4life , @harrymccracken , @shiraovide , @bradstone , @mhbergen , @caseynewton , and @caseynewton Tweets: @modestproposal1 : 🔥 “It is a poorly kept secre...
The tech market collapse, aided by macroeconomic forces, is an opportunity to reckon with inflated valuations, overzealous VCs, and the rise of crypto startups
Over the past half-century, Silicon Valley has toggled between two similar-sounding pursuits that are often in conflict: wealth creation and moneymaking. Tweets: @bradstone , @thestalwart , @hharrisem...
An in-depth look at Meta's ongoing battle to keep Facebook and Instagram relevant as TikTok's growth explodes, including encouraging creators to use Reels
Last year an Instagram representative contacted Justina Sharp, a 24-year-old with 93,000 followers, and asked for a meeting to discuss ways she could expand her audience. Tweets: @bradstone and @mattn...
How Tobi Lütke led Shopify to becoming an e-commerce giant, helping ~2M merchants run stores as its market cap rose from $46B in early 2020 to $174B today
Tobi Lütke transformed the Canadian upstart into an e-commerce giant by being the anti-Bezos. How long can the formula keep working? Tweets: @bradstone , @jensmithwsj , @tariqkrim , @jensmithwsj , @r...